Nicholas W. White, DO As physicians, we are constantly being bombarded with new guidelines, protocols, and studies that are often thrown out or contradicted in the next publication. We spend our free time sifting through pseudoscience and statistical witchcraft, pulling out what we can and discarding the fluff. With drug and supplement companies marketing … [Read more...] about On Fish Oil and Snake Oil
New Techniques and Technologies in Spine Surgery
By Zachary Tan, BSc., MD, FRCSC In modern spine surgery, one of the greatest technical considerations is to limit the extent of iatrogenic soft tissue trauma. Thankfully, emerging innovations will allow us to minimize muscle disruption and improve intraoperative visualization without increased radiation exposure, likely lessening early and late … [Read more...] about New Techniques and Technologies in Spine Surgery
Patient Navigation, Moving from Breast Cancer to Your Specialty
By Matt Zydron Once considered exclusive to breast cancer treatment, patient navigation (also called patient advocacy) is making its way into other areas of medical care as a beneficial, rehabilitative praxis. Patient navigation is not new. It had its beginnings in the 1970s, when a nurse set out to review patient records to identify issues that were delaying … [Read more...] about Patient Navigation, Moving from Breast Cancer to Your Specialty
A Powerful New Non-Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain
By Victor Tseng, DO While spinal cord stimulation has been available for decades, rapid technological advances during the past year have opened this non-drug therapy to significantly more patients who suffer from chronic intractable back and leg pain. One of the most promising developments is a new system that simultaneously combines two frequencies of internal … [Read more...] about A Powerful New Non-Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain
Riverside Introduces the Next Generation of cancer Technology to its Dedicated Radiosurgery Center
Radiosurgery has become an important tool in fighting cancers throughout the body, particularly in places that are hard to reach with traditional, open surgery. Radiosurgery uses targeted beams of radiation to perform knifeless surgery. Since 2005, the Radiosurgery Center at Riverside has incorporated the Gamma Knife® for the treatment of tumors and conditions that affect … [Read more...] about Riverside Introduces the Next Generation of cancer Technology to its Dedicated Radiosurgery Center
